Improvement in wagon-seats



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoEo STEPHEN G. PEABODY, OF OHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-SEATS.

v Specification forming part of Letters'Patent No. 156,377, datedOctober 27, 1874; application tiled November 7, 1873.

To all whom it mag] concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN G. PEABODY, ofthe city and county of Champaign and State of Illinois, have invented anew and Improved Seat-springt for Wagons; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and eX- act description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification.

The-invention relates to providing a wagonseat with an improvedattachment for connecting it to, and supporting it upon, the wagonbody,as hereinafter described.

The drawing represents a front perspective view of a seat withattachments constructed and arranged according to my invention.

The seat A rests on transverse bars B B, and in the extended ends ofthelatter are fixed vertical parallel rods or pins O O, which areyencircled by spiral springs d. The connection' between the seat andvertical sides of the wagon-body is made by S-shaped hooks e e, throughthe lower curved parts or feetl of which pass'the rods O C. The spiralsprings d thus reston the feet l, and. both are prevented from slippingoff by the transverse pins j. l

Thus, in practice, the hooks e slide up and down on the rods O,according as the varying weight or pressure on the seat compresses thesprings more or less.

By this arrangement when the seat is not in use the hooks are alwayspressed downward and held firmly in position to catch upon the edge ofthe wagon-body when the seat is again wanted. The rigid pins or rods onwhich the hooks slide may project downward on the outf S. G. PEABODY.

